Cock or faucet



F. SCHULDER.

COCK 0R FAUCET.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. 1l. |920.

1,391,012, PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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UNITED STATES FRED SCHULDEB, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO,

TUBING COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, omo,

ASSIGNOB TQUNITED BRASS MANUFAC- A PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED 0F WM. J. SCHOENBEBGEB AND BENJAMIN F. KLEIN.

COCK 0R FAUGET.

To all wlw/ml zt may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED SCHULDER c1t1- zen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cocks or Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to an improvement in cocks or faucets, in which the special construction of the valve stem and the handle engaged therewith constitutel the novel features.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure '1 is a side elevation of a cock or faucet embodying my invention and Fig. Q'is anenlarged elevation of the valve stem, a sectional elevation of the screw cap on said stem and a section of the handle and the parts b which the handle is fixed on the stem. `igs. 3 to 8 show details, Fig. 3 being a detail of the glass or porcelain index disk or V4plate marked in this instance for hot water but it might be for cold 7; Fig; 4 is a sectional elevation of the handle; ig. 5 a detail of the split ring adapted to encircle the top portion of the valve stem, and yFi 6 a section of the nut engaging the same; ig. 7 is an elevation of the valve stem and a section lof the screw cap by which the stem is confined on the faucet body. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the handle.

As thus shown b represents the body of the'faucet or cock and c is the valve stem, which has an enlarged screw-threaded lportion 2 adapted to engage in a correspondingly threaded portion of the said bod and whereby the valve stem is made rotata le to and from its seat. Near its top thesaid stem is provided with anannular groove or channel 3, and the handle z, 1is engaged on the fiuted, corrugated or equivalentlyformed 'extremity 4 thereof by vits correspondingly formed and adapted hub 5, whereby any desired adjustment of the handle can be made. This hub has an exteriorly threaded neck 6 at its bottom and the handle is rigidly confined on said stem by -an interiorly threaded nut n sleeved on the valve stem from the top and contracted about its bottom to engage beneath a split wire ring '7 confined in the said groove 3. The larger diameter of said nut has its threads engaged upon the neck Specication of Letters Patent. Patented .Sept 20, 1921,

Application led Oeto'ber 11, 1920. Serial No. 416,163.

6 and serves to bind the handle upon the valve stem by reasony of its upward bearing against the ring 7 from beneath, thus making said ring serve as a shoulder for the nut with the edge of the said neck bearing thereon from above.

Having the index setting fixed in the top of the handle the handle is set on the spindle to afford correct reading and then fastened by means of nut n. This nut makes a neat ornamental finish and provides a vlongitudinal take-up for wear and slight imperfections in manufacture. Moreover the use of a nut and ring as herein describedA and shown simplify the steps and cost of manufacture and avoid weakening of the stem, compared with present practices, inasmuch as no side set screw and no side opening for seating a set screw inthe stem-are required are eliminated. In the present invention the corrugations or flutes 4 are formed by machine operations which move longitudlnally of the stem from its outer end to the annular groove 3, and the split ring when occupying this groove bears against the inner ends of the ribs or corrugations.

What I claim is:

1. In a cock or faucet, a valve stem having a fiuted extremity and an annular groove below its fiuted portion, a handle adapted to be rotatably adjusted on said stem and having a hub 'with external screw threads at it. bottom, a split ring in said roove and a nut engaging 4said ring from be ow and screwed on to said hub above said ring, whereby said stem and handle are locked rigidly together.

2. A cock or faucet, comprising a valve stem having an annular roove near its upper end and constructed a ove said groove to receive a handle with a rotatable adjustment thereon, a handle engaged on 'said stem having a hub with an externally threaded neck at its bottom, a split ring in said groove and a nut sleeved on said stem and having a relatively contracted bottom portion bearing against said ring and screwed onto said neck on the hub of the handle.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, this 6th. day

of October, 1920.

FRED SCHULDER.

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